Benjamin testifies on FCC reform before House Commerce subcommittee

Stuart Benjamin, the Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law, addressed proposals to reform Federal Communications Commission procedures during his testimony on Capitol Hill on July 11.

Benjamin, an expert in telecommunications law, administrative law, and the First Amendment, testified before the House Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology as it considers legislative reforms of FCC processes. The hearing was chaired by Rep. Greg Walden.

From 2009 to 2011, Benjamin served as the inaugural Distinguished Scholar at the FCC. He is the co-author of Telecommunications Law and Policy (Carolina Academic Press, 3d ed. 2012), a leading casebook, as well as numerous scholarly articles.

At a July 21 Duke Law event in Washington, D.C., Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recapped the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016-17 term and discussed its recent consensus among the justices, its rulings on the scope of the Trump administration’s “travel ban” executive order, and her legal legacy during an interview with Professor Neil Siegel.